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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
CHINESE SLAVES.
Five Girls Acknowledge that They
Were sold in China Their Confess
Sims


siOns.
Out of twenty five Chinese females who
arrived on the steamer Belgic five have been
examined by the Custom officials and all of
them have made full confession as to their
having been purchased Of their parents in
China ami imported here for immoral pur.
poses. 1t is expected that some, if not all
Of the remaining twenty, will follow the
same course, and that evidence of the slave
trade in Chinese females will be presented
in quantity as we'll as quality to the Judges
of the United States Courts. 1t was at first
supposed that the consignment IN charge Of
the old bag, Tong Shun Chez, consisted OF
but three girls, but the two examined since
yesterday noon prove TO be in the care Of the
same person, and it is thought that addition
al girls will yet be found to have been either
purchased by her or put under her protec-
ton for the voyage.
OF the two girls lately examined one,
Wong Chou Ping, told straight story from
the start, inasmuch as she did not deny that
she had never been in this country before
On cross. examination, however, she went
further and testified that she had been sole
by her mother for shipment to California
Her original statement is as follows: "My
name is Wong Chou Ping. l was born il
China and seamstress by occupation, but
never was in this country before and l dc
not want to stop in San Francisco" She
afterward made the following confession tC
the Custom House officials: "My name i.
Kong Horc Yock. l am sixteen years Ole
and never was married. My mother and
father are in China and my home is at He
Nun, close to Hongkong. do not want te
land in San Francisco, but want to 60 bach
to China. My mother sold me for $64o
| will not tell the mans name who bough
me. do not know his name. My brother
Kong All Sue, aged seventeen, died, and
that is the reason my mother sold ME"
Jung All Yung testified at first as follows
Gam seamstress by occupation and wa
born in China. Resided formerly in Thu
City on Dupont street, near Washington
and left here November 22nd, 1851, on tn,
City of Rio. First arrived in the United
States November 6, 1877. Do not know
who bought my return ticket to China.
wa, married In China in 1883, and the fol
lowing year my husband, Lee Yum, returned
to San Francisco. My father, Cheong Chin!
Yum, is now in China" She afterward
made the following confession: 81 neve
was in this country before, and was neve
married. can read and write. | do no
want to land in San Francisco, as l know
would have to be prostitute. l want to G
right name is Lou Don Tai -
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
Excitement I'm Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr.. J. E. Corley, who was so
helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head; everybody said he was dying OF
Consumption. A trial bottle Of Or. King S
New Discovery was sent him. Finding re
lief, he bought large bottle and a box OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills; by the time he
had taken two boxes of the Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery, he was well, and
had gained in flesh 60 pounds. Trial bottles
of this Great Discovery for Consumption
free at ]. A. Bonham's.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
Como Rock.

During the week Randall's team has haul.
ed two loads of rock from the North Rapidan
mine, in Como, to the Rock Point mill at
this place. More rock will be hauled to the
same mill from the Buckeye mine at Como
soon, and crushing will begin about the first
of the month. The rock looks very we'll,
and that from the Buckeye is said to assay in
the neighborheod of $40 per ton.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
The Western Settlers Chosen Spe-
eiMC.

With every advance of emigration into the far
West, Q new demand 10 created for Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regi ms are
frequently less salubrious than older settled To-
caltties, on account of the miasma which rises
banks OF rivers that are subject to freshets lhe
agricultural or mining emigrant soon learns
when he does not already know, that the Bitters
and those disorders Of the stomach liver and
bowels, to which climate changes, exposure, and
unaccustomed or healthy water or diet subj ect
him. Consequently he places an estimate upon
this great household specific and preventative
commensurate with Its intrinsic merits and is
careful TO keep on hand . restorative and promo
ter OF health 30 implicitly TO be relied upon in
TINA Of need.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
NOTICE.
mer.--kt.

GREENFIELD, New, Oct. r4th, 1887.
Having recently purchased the sole right
to supply Lyon county, Nevada, with an
improved Fence Machine. | am desireus of
offering for sale to the people Of said county
machine whereby every one will be capa
BILE of doing his own fencing, with a great
saving of labor, time and expense. The
fencing can be of any material; willows,
pickets, boards or posts, being equally suit
able to weave in. The machine is a great
acquisition to every one, especially farmers.
Persons wishing information in regard to
machine should address A. HERBoLD,
Sole Agent for Lyon county,
Mason Valley,
NeuaAa
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
NOTICE TO STOCKHOL DERS.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEET
L Ming of the Carson River Dredging Company
will be held at their office in Dayton Lyon County
Nevada, on the FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1887
at O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of electing a
Board of Trustees, to for the term of twelve
months from date of election, ana, for the trans
action of such other business as may be properly
brought before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
b. l. THURMAN,
Dayton, NOV. 18th, 1887. Secretary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
A Sweet Scented Case.

Yesterday Jerry Gantz swore out war.
rant against Louis Casci on charge of petit
larceny for stealing manure from his stable
Casci was arrested, and did not deny taking
the manure, but claimed that he had previ.
ously obtained permission from Gantz to re.
move it. Gantz denied this and Casci set.
tied by paying the costs and also paying for
the manure.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
Millinery.

Mrs. A. J. Littell, of Greenfield, Mason
Valley, arrived here yesterday with lot OF
new goods, cheap and very stylish is her
ing parlors of Mrs. Legg, on lower Main
street, as she will only remain for few days
you must 60 and see her at snce.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
In a Kansas Drugstore.

Stranger-"I want to get so cents worth
Of calemel."
Proprietor-"Fifty cents worth of what2"
"Calomel."
"What is calomel;"
"Don't you know3 What sort of place
are you keeping, anyhow"
"This is a drugstore, and if you want
anything dod't sling around any fancy names.
Is it a pint or halfpint you're after?"-Lin-
coA1 T0Dndl
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
THE AANGTEY WELL.
The Borers strike Quartz ledge.

The BOrers Strike Quartz ledge.
The Langtry we'll is now down ESQ feet.
On Tuesday the drilling was very hard, and
the borers found on making an examination
of the debris coming out Of the pipe, that
they were working in white quartz of very
fine character. The cleavage was sharp and
clear, and there were streaks Of black sui
phurets plainly visible. All who examined
the rock pronounced it silver bearing ore.
While the machinery was being worked the
drill caught. and one Of the cog wheels was
broken. 1t will require several days TO
make repairs. Yesterday the drill was got
ten out.
The quartz is now being assayed. This
quartz ledge is undoubtedly continual ton
of the North Carson ledge. The ledge now
being worked by means of tunnel is soc
feet above the top Of the well. The en-
countering of the ledge again at a depth oil
256 feet indicates that the ledge extends
over $50 feet below the present workings.
This will be good news to the managers Of
the mine, who have always had abiding
faith in the property.-APbeal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
RNckIen,s Arnica Salxe

The best salve in the world for cuts, bru-
ses, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price IS cents per box. For sale by J. A.
Bonham.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
Spring City Mine.

DIR. Kent and Frank Ewalt, who have
been to Spring City, report the Paradise
mine looking we'll. They also say that some
very fine ore is being taken out of the Cliff
mine, on which shaft is being sunk. They
are now down about SO feet, and, in the
course of a week or so, will crosscut the lead
and open level.-SIiOFy State.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26

Mrs. Bardenwerper and daughter Kate
from Carson, were visiting Mrs. J. c. Cruber
the first of this week.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
School AppOrtiOnment

the following apportionment of school
moneys.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THERE
1<will be a special me citing of the Board of
held on SATURDAY, the Goth day of NOVEMBER,
1887, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the Court House. in
Dayton, for the purpose OF taking measures to
open public high way from Wabuska to the town
of Greenfield in said Lyon county, and for the
construction of bridge across Walker river at a
point on the line of said proposed road, and to
consider such other matters touching the high
ways of said county as may come before the
Board. A. A. POLAR
] r. SHAW,
County Commissioners OF Lyon County.
Dated Nov. 18th. 1897.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-26

TIME TABLE
-oF THE
CARSON & COLORADO R. R.
TAKING EFFECT
APRIL 1st, 1890.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

The Democratic National House Of Rep.
resentatives and the Democratic Legisla.
ture OF West Virginia have agreed on a
way to emphasize the Democratic idea Of
reform. The, House Of Representatives
would not permit the appropriations to
pass, and now the public service is suffer.
ing, and it will suffer more. The Lcgisla.
ture Of West Virginia did the same thing,
and the Governor has been obliged to call
it back TO discharge its neglected duty.
All this costs the people money. In the
case OF our own Legislature there was
ample time to do all that was done and
pass the appropriations besides, but the
time was irittefed away, and now the
people muat pay that their servants may
have another opportunity to discharge
the principal duty which brought them
together last January.
Isn't the tendency Of this kind OF thing
to force tho people to look elsewhere than
to tho Democratic party for reform? The
people may be content to take fairly good
government from come other party Of bet
ter performance and lsas show-bill pre-
tension.
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TIE SIDE

- H#
On tho Recent Suspensions Tor Cl,eutlug nj
Examinations.
To The Editor d IL. Inielligeneer.
SlR:-We desire through the columnn
OF your paper to call public attention to
matters which We believe arc important,
for they closely concern the leading edu.
c%ational institution OF the State. We have
RETAINED frommeutioning anything Of the
kind before, because We had hoped that
tho abuses would be corrected. Butthere
ia a point, beyond which f~orbearance
ceases to DO a virtue. The time has come
for the public to know the facts, and II
exposure does not correct them We believe
an appeal to the highest authority will
have tho desired effect.
During tho last year some ton or twelve
students have been suspended from the
University. The fact is notorious that
four or five OF these students were sus.
pended for tho very otrense which others,
who had influential parents, committed
time and again with no severer punish
ment than q private reprinlaud,
There are other caaes Of iniustice. Mr.,
r. S. Blair, Of Richie county, was sas.
pended last year for noise made in His
own room. President Turner's baby was
in the house Mt tho time. He was rein.
stated BY the Board Of Regents. When
Nj. Blair returned this year, having been
wantonly insulted by the President, he
refused to salute him on the street. An
obligins faculty again dismissed him with.
outa shadow OF law OF precedent to Justify
their action. On last Tuesday four stu
dents were suspended for cheating in ex.
aminations. For two Of them, as We were
not cognizant Of the facts. we have no ex.
cuse to make. Butin the case Of the two
who were suspended for alleged cheating
in Latin examinations; We believe we
voice tho sentiments Of a majority OF the
students and people Of the town, when we
assert that an outrage against common
Justice and decsncy was perpetrated.
They were condemned upon circum-
~stantial evidence, and that OF the tlimsiest
character. The only evidence that could
be sdduced as the result OF five days In.
.y~estigation was the fact that there was a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
MARTHA W~ASuISGTOS.

Not M Educated Woman In the Sense OF
To-tlay.
Frank G. Carpenter, in he Cosmopolitan.
Martha Washington was not an educat-
ed woman in'the sense Of to-day. She did
not spell well, aud her grammar would
hardly stand the paraing Of the public
schools. Copies of two OF her letters to her
sister, Mrs. Bassett, lie before me. They
were written a tsbout the beginning Of the
revolution. She begins one thus: II
have wrote to you several times, in hopes
it would put you in mind Of me, but l find
it has not had its intended effect" Fur
Their on she adds: "The rivers had never
been frozen hard enough to walk upon the
ice since l came here" Among the mis-.
spelt words OF the letter are: "Navey" for
navy, "ioded" for loaded, ~"coles" for GOALS,
"distant" for destined, '%clere" for clear,
"heare" for hear, "plesod" for pleased,
and "greatful" for grateful. Company she
spells "%compsney," and persuaded ''per-
swsded."
In the facsimile Of a letter that she
wrote 10 William B. Reed, OF New York,
in Iii, I see that che knew no other
punctuation mark than the dash, that the
apostrophe was a stranger to her, and
that her writing, though not itlegible, was
far from beautiful or elegant. The use OF
the capital was w embarrassing to her ~
the use OF the punctuation point, and her
letters look as though the capitals had
been shaken out Of q mammoth pepper
box and permitted to lie wherever they
fell.
One OF her letters, commencing "My
dear Fanny" was lately communicated by
the Rev. H. E. Dryden, of Pennsylvania,
to 1.-THE Magazine OF American History
1t is dated Mount Vernon, August 7,
ISL" and the verbatim spelling aud
punctuation are preserved in the publica.
ton. Some Of the sentences begin with
capitals and some without. She writes OF
MY little Molly" referring probably to
Nellie GUSTS, and in the same line eays
that Tut is the same clsver ~(clever) boy
you left" thus capitalizin2 the boys name
while she gives no capital to that Of the
girl. She writes Fanny that "That tho
General has received a letter from his
papa" dated at richmond" begins the
next sentence with small letter, and in
capitalizes Brother" Family" and
General"
A person uses his best grammar while
writing and he who makes mistakes here
make more in conversation. Martha
Washington may have been we'll edu-
Gated in the school Of society and in that
life. She was certainly not 30 in books
and literature. There was no library to
speak Of in Mt. Vernon, and General
Washington was more OF an outdoor
than a student. We have no record
ma vile being q reader, save that she
read q chapter in the Bible every morn.
Ing alter breakfast. She knew nothing
about novels, and the American monthly
magazine, the great family educator Of the
present, wa not yet born.
Martha Washington had, however, the
best advantages Of the day. Her whole
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
Glm Q,ttelEgtttte1
WHEELING, w. VA, MARCH Il, 1897.
The Weeds OF Woe.

when the breath had left the body Of
the great Plymouth preacher q wreath Of
flowers At tho door told the sad tidinga.
That was q decided innoyation--gay flow
ora instead Of the tcarl Of mourntnl black
which, from time immemorial, has ilut'
tered from tho house OF death.
While the body lay in state in Ply
mouth church tho Beechsr home was
brightly lighted, and the members OF the
Bsecher family were brightly dressed.
There wero none Of the weeds Of woe,
there was uono Of the cleanliness OF death
about the Bsecher home. Another limo
vstion-judged by an almost inexorable
custom, q eacrilege.
. These things were rs Mr.. Beecher de-
sired them to be; and it may DO supposed
that his desire was something moro than
a whim. that 1t rested on a reasonable
basis and was the reault Of his close obser'
walton sud his deep thought. Ills conclu'
sion waa an original discovery, but the
idea will DO much strengthened by 60 emf
nsnt endorsement and example.
Will 1t DO inferred that the wife loved
the husband, the children, the father, less
because they could bring themselves to
ioreao the sweet luxury Of the trappingt
OF woe? Would they have mourned theil
loss more II they had hung their house
with black, closed every window tight
burned low the lights within and shrouded
their bodies in the conventional "deep
moutning?" II they have lost anything ii
ia only the melancholy satisfaction OF cast
ing so many more sombre shadows on a
path which is already showed enough.
It seems 8 hard saying, but it is true
that weeds arc the mere ostentation Of
grief, a public advertisement Of a private
sorrow that seeras 10 ask some special con.
sideration for itself, though death is a.
most as old as life and Is a phenomenon
OF as frequent occurrence. The outward
evidences Of mourning are in obedience
to custom, another nAme for fashion. In
themselves they are no more sacred and
mean no more than any other fashion.
The heart beats down deep below, and,
weeds or no weeds, it knows its own sor-
row sacred to itself.
There is q practical view Of this matter
not to be overlooked. Every heart can
afford to grieve for the loved who have
passed away, but not every family can az
ford to Hhroud itself in mourning weeda.
The effort to keep in line with custom
adds new endorsements to families
already heavily burdeued with the cos! OF
illness aud burial.
The poor feel most tho strain, but they
have the courage 10 break loose. Reform
must come from the top, from a social
stratum where money is known to be no
object. Everybody knows that the
Beechers can afford to load Themselves
with mourntul trappinga Of the most fash.
ionable kind. This !gives great value to
their example.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

Sec what the Labor Herald, OF Rich.
nond, Va, says OF Strawberry Twist To.
bacco; Strawberries and cream are good,
but they do not surpass in delicious flavor
a chew OF Lottier's Strawberry Twist To-
bacco. Besides, by chewing this tobacco,
you can secure o handsome pocket knife,
handsome Students lamp, q magnificent
gold watch, or a complete set Of Handsome
furniture, II you save your tags. The to-
bacco Is cheap and good, and these pres
PAUL are agents for Wheeling. All first
clasa retail dealers keep 1t.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

MATTHEWS 4 PlEnsoN, tho now proprie.
tors Of the sturteyant House, Broadway,
corner T~wenty.nlnth street, N. ", before
taking q guest, closed the house for Hev.
eral months and put In new plumbing,
furniture and fixtures and opened in DC.
tober. This makes 1t one OF the beet in
the city and a home.like, central place to
stop. .NNa TrhAs N
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

lie was spent among learned men and
bright women, but there Is no record left
that she was brilliant in soclal %convessa.
ton, and you will read in vain for the 70.
ported bon iao.s OF Martha Washington.
The truth seems 10 BIO that Martha Wash
ington thought woman's sphere Was home
and that knitting and cooking were more
important than writing letters and a
knowledge Of French. She iB said to
have been q good business woman, and to
have managed the large estate OF her first
husband very ably before she handed her
share OF 1t over to George Washington,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
& w. i. Bowers.
BALTIMORE s. ONO EXPRESS.

Wheeling to Chicago without Change.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio arc now running
q through train, aleeper attached, between
Wheeling and Chicago, leaving Wheeling
daily, except Monday, at 8 P. NJ, city time,
arriving at Chicago at 9 A. NJ. Passengers
can remain in sleeper at Chicago until 6
A., n, II thew wish, 3 II s fisl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
DIED.

sMlrH-0n Thursday, March 10, 1887, ct lis A. x.
vt the residence OF hos daughter, Mrs. Mary Z
Hall, near Quincy, Ohio, MrS. MARrHA KIRK
WOOD SMITH, In her SD year. x 81, tf
Funeral Saturday, March II, at 10 o'clock, Friends
arc invited. Interment at Rock I'LL Com
ctery. -E Ivy
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
Special Excursions to Florida.

On March s, 10, 90, and 90, the Pitts.
burgh, Cincinnati 4 St. Louis Railway
Company will sell excursion tickets to
Florida points at extremely low rates.
For tickets and further particulars call on
or address J. G. Tomlinson, Pasgenge,
Agent Panhandle Route, Wheeling, W.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

John u. Calhoun, OF South Carolina,
grandson Of the nullifer, owns tho second
largest cotton field In the United States,
No man can nullify that,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12

Rev. J.. s. GILBERT, AIlandale, N. j.,
"During long family use Palmer's "Skin.
Success never failed" At Drug Store Of
McLAin Bros, rrhSy